I love that polished intake!!!! You should do a write up on it. What you used, and all that kinds of stuff!!!!!

 

If you want to save a few bucks, I can tell you for a fact that 5 years ago I used WalMart cheap paint (Banner Red) for about $1.50, and the paint still looks perfect. No need for HiTemp paint. If it got that hot, they would not have used plastic on the cover. Trust me on this one.

 

that is sick. mine is exactly the same. how did u paint the engine itself? i have to paint the engine to make the valve cover stand out more.

 

Looks to me like its the timing chain cover thats painted. I painted mine when the motor was out during my swap.

 

What a bummer, i really want to polish mine but im not taking the engine out to get to the timing chain cover. Maybe the valve cover though, that shouldnt be too hard.

 

that polished intake manifold is niiiiice!

check out my powder coat

 

Looks good, but you didnt have to post it twice

 

flava did u paint your bottle caps red too or they come in red?

 

Also chino, how much work was it to get off the intake mani, and TCC? Looks awsome for a black car, but since im going silver in a month i think polish is better.

 

Yes, those I actually painted.

 

hey VIP Max, what kind of wheels are those and where did you get them?

 

Thanks! It is just the timing cover and valve covers painted. I mainly painted anything visible. But the Tming cover makes a huge difference. You cant really see the block unless you really try.

To do the cover: I disconnected and disassembled what I could from the timing cover (including the mount). Used brake cleaner to eliminate any oily substances to help adhesion. Then sanded/ wire brushed the cover, taped everything off that was not to be painted black (also used old T-shirts for larger/ more complicated areas such as hoses, intake etc.) then Engine Enamel gloss black and Engine Enamel clear coat...3 coats of each. I also did the rear valve cover the same way since I could see some of it and didn't like it not matching. I wax it when I wax the car to boot. (Wax - Liquid Glass) ...OCD FTW

 

looks hella good bro

 

Damn bro you could have detailed the engine bay 1st. Bling looks worse when its surrounded by a rats nest.
A clean engine bay is a happy engine bay

 

Thats mad nice Jsutter, i agree it looks worse if you try to bling up something but everything surrounding it is gross. Might as well wait till you have the time or money to bling up everything.

 

yo sutter, what do you use to clean it up with, i have used that degreaser in the white and orange can but it never looked as clean as yours and are you suppose to shut the car off when washing or leave it running?

 

Read up here... http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?p=5858650

 

Damn guys gimme a break sheesh!!! That photo was taken minutes after the install. Had I not committed 60+ hours into the polishing job, then maybe I could've cleaned up the engine bay first.

 

do you need a writeup on how to pump gas too?

 

who needs a writeup me?

 

That was a crappy pic. Here are better ones and the last pics of my engine before my 00vi goes on this weekend. Usually its clean but it just happen not to be in these.

 

Actually your engine bay aint half bad. Mine was caked in rust and corrosion just a few days ago, took a wire brush and some mothers mag polish, now its nice and clean.

 

I put a very thin layer of petrolium jelly on the letters after prep and before painting. Once all coats are dry, wipe letters clean. A little sand paper for shine.

 

Looks good, how did you get your hoses and wire harness so clean and shiney looking, armorall? I like how your intake manifold isn't polished, just clean. You use a degreaser like simple green or you have another method? I tried simple greening my heads and intake manifold and i doesn't help at all to bring it back to that new car look.

 

Anybody know what to use to just clean up the valve covers? Mine have streaks and marks all over them, oxidation i guess.

 

Valve Cover: Steel wool and Mother's Mag and Aluminum polish
Coil Cover: Glass cleaner (you can try degreaser on a small part first and make sure it doesn't strip the paint.)

Here's a little ditty about Cleaning up My friend Josh's Timing and Coil Covers:

Cleaned and disassembled (Valve Cover already painted black)

Coil Cover painted white (His is Arctic White Pearl)

Prepped to paint Timing Cover

Tape removed from Coil Cover

Almost finished

 

 

It would probably look nice if you painted NISSAN black and the rest of the lettering white. a Nice contrast.

 

We were undecided, I suggested black and white mix also. But Josh wants the red on the lettering for the little bit of red he has throughout the engine bay. I think either way it will look good. If he doesn't like the red, it can always be changed. I am anxious to see how it looks finished. It looks sweet now, and I love how mine came out!
-And ZachsMax, your avatar has me rollin' every time I see it!

 

what brand of paint do you use on the coil cover? that black looks so glossy. i bought some high heat duplicolor and $hit is dull as heck. POS duplicolor

 

It was Duplicolor Engine Enamel Glass Black from Autozone.We also used Universal White and Clear in the Engine Enamel.

You bought the High Heat, the 1500 deg paint correct? That stuff is WAY over kill. Your Engine will not exceed the regular 500 degrees limit of the regular Engine Enamel. (Esp for anything other than an exhaust manifold - Even then they only get to about 750 or so). Just make sure you clean/ prep the surface every well and you will never have a problem with paint chipping or "fish eye" (a flaw when painting onto a surface contaminated with oily substance that resembles a fish's eye-if that happens, stop painting, let dry thoroughly, and sand lightly with 600 and respray).

The "High Heat" paint is for headers or brakes mainly, and even then it usually doesn't stick after the surface reaches its max temp. But it does come VERY flat b/c gloss paint has a hard time adhering to something of that heat range. I know what you were thinking, I have done the same, "go with the better for the price." But I got screwed like you did as my outcome didn't meet my expectations.

 

i bought the 500 degree duplicolor for my supercharger piping. same one as yours. i even used clear coat on top. duplicolor= piece of **** paint. it was so dull, i went and bought krylon black for plastic and slapped on 4 layers on top of the dupli. its shinny as hell now. all duplicolor products suck.

 

Hmm. I wonder why it came out so dull. I wonder if some idiot may have been playing around and switched caps or you may have got a bad batch. I have always used Duplicolor since I was 15yrs old, building engines. Never had a problem. Krylon is good stuff too, and should also be stable to 500 deg, as "most" good paint is.

When did you s/c your Max? Or still in the works?

 

just buy the carbon fiber cover and call it a day.....

 

ya for like $150, looks great but i'm not rich enough for that lol, and where does everyone get their ismo oil caps? I seen some on ebay but they were like $100 and thats alot for a oil cap

 

Carbon Fiber doesnt work well on our cars unless the car is black. And honestly c/f even on civics and stuff is so unoriginal, and limited. You cant c/f the lids to your fluids, or your valve cover. Paint allows more combinations, and its cheaper.

 

valve cover is under the hood, so..so what if the car isnt' black...

 

Thats like saying the engine is under the hood so dont clean it. Keep your things looking good. I would never do anything to my car that looks out of place, and a cf coil cover is out of place on a maxima. Do the work, paint it, keep it looking good, forget the cf, save the money and get something worthwhile like a short throw or new shift boots.

 

I'm hungry, can someone spoonfeed me too?

 

Yeah, I love that picture :P albino gorillas are the ****.